Well...this is a first. Me blogging! Didn't see this happening ever! After about a hundred nudges from daylily folks asking me to start a blog on my site I'm doing it! Whoa...wish me luck!
Last week I officially finished up in the garden. Well...I said that two weeks ago but found myself out there again this past week finding odd jobs that needed to be done before the snow flies! All of the seedlings that were tagged this summer in my seedling field are moved into the 'keeper' area which I call the "Bull Pen". Only the prize bull gets a special place to reside right?! I believe I moved about 35 seedlings into this garden for further evaluation. The Bull Pen also holds my future introductions and those still being considered. This is the first area that gets weeded in the spring and the last to be left alone in the fall. It is my 40' X 40' little square of heaven. There are four wide rows of flowers within the Bull Pen. The colors during peak bloom range everywhere from the cleanest, creamy white to the most inky, deep, deep purples. I find that the pathways don't need much weeding as I tend to pace up and down them trying to make decisions on who gets introduced, who merits being lined out yet another year and that dreaded decision of (insert whispering here) who goes to live in that special place behind the barn. Y'all know what I'm talking about.
I've been at this hybridizing gig for almost 14 years and found it hard to organize at times. Where to hold plants over while evaluating was tricky! I didn't want them to get 'lost in the crowd' so to speak so Ed and I put in this simple garden. It has been the perfect solution to keeping special daylilies right at my finger tips! The Bull Pen is the first place I head to on any given July morning to see which daylilies are showing off.
The daylilies are all tucked in for a long winter's nap now and the leaves are covering the ground in the most vibrant colors. It's time to rest my back and enjoy watching my 15 year old twins Teghan and Sawyer play football! Go Hawkeyes!! Mandy
Last week I officially finished up in the garden. Well...I said that two weeks ago but found myself out there again this past week finding odd jobs that needed to be done before the snow flies! All of the seedlings that were tagged this summer in my seedling field are moved into the 'keeper' area which I call the "Bull Pen". Only the prize bull gets a special place to reside right?! I believe I moved about 35 seedlings into this garden for further evaluation. The Bull Pen also holds my future introductions and those still being considered. This is the first area that gets weeded in the spring and the last to be left alone in the fall. It is my 40' X 40' little square of heaven. There are four wide rows of flowers within the Bull Pen. The colors during peak bloom range everywhere from the cleanest, creamy white to the most inky, deep, deep purples. I find that the pathways don't need much weeding as I tend to pace up and down them trying to make decisions on who gets introduced, who merits being lined out yet another year and that dreaded decision of (insert whispering here) who goes to live in that special place behind the barn. Y'all know what I'm talking about.
I've been at this hybridizing gig for almost 14 years and found it hard to organize at times. Where to hold plants over while evaluating was tricky! I didn't want them to get 'lost in the crowd' so to speak so Ed and I put in this simple garden. It has been the perfect solution to keeping special daylilies right at my finger tips! The Bull Pen is the first place I head to on any given July morning to see which daylilies are showing off.
The daylilies are all tucked in for a long winter's nap now and the leaves are covering the ground in the most vibrant colors. It's time to rest my back and enjoy watching my 15 year old twins Teghan and Sawyer play football! Go Hawkeyes!! Mandy
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